Why Apache trail is closed on Fish Creek hill

This was in maybe 2022 sometime that I had to see why the Apache trail was closed, at around 21 minutes you can start to see why it was. With fires and monsoons in September of 2019, a rockslide blocked the path and took out a chunk of the road. I've been hearing, as of mid 2023, that they're going to open it eventually, but it's still in the process. They've started to clean up the other end closer to Roosevelt lake, but the hill will take some clearing and repair work seeing as a chunk of road is missing. I don't know if they'll make it 2 lanes or keep it as the one, but it was one of my favorite trail views I used to go on.
When I went at the time of this video there was a sign that read, "Road Closed", now there is another sign that states "No Trespassing, State Property". So I believe they closed it where you're not even allowed to hike the trail down Fish Creek Hill anymore.

[@joycemeadows9837]

I was so heartbroken when I found out that they weren't going to open it back up. I been doing this drive since the mid 60's and is my favorite drive. It was also fun to drive across the dam before they put the bridge over Roosevelt lake. I grew up here and you would have loved it here in the 60's and 70's. There weren't that many people here. I hope that they haven't closed it because I want hike it see what happened also. Great video

[@InkedDragonAdventuring]

There's good news with it. It was just recently reported that it's going to be opening back up for off-road vehicles only. I believe it was $36 million to get it fixed for all vehicles but they went with the $4 million plan that would fix it enough for off-road vehicles to make their way through, for now.

[@InkedDragonAdventuring]

www.azfamily.com/video/2024/01/10/tortilla-flat-owner-reacts-adot-plan-fix-damaged-apache-trail/?fbclid=IwAR3kXQeR2DuODRMgv1ecMgyYQMmQlzUR381OWO_4hdaiN1CU8WR9d_bdW_c

[@joycemeadows9837]

@@InkedDragonAdventuring That's awesome. Thanks for the update.

[@sharonjohnson6259]

Loved your video, thank you. Heading to AZ in two days. First stop on Sunday will be Tortilla Flat, so will convince our group to walk down the road, at least part way.

[@InkedDragonAdventuring]

Like I said in my caption, when I went there was only a "road closed" sign and now there's also a "no trespassing" sign now. I do not encourage it, so you go at your own risk. I'm just glad to hear that it's going to be opening back up again because I have an off-road vehicle to utilize it, until it opens up to more traffic when they fix it completely.

[@fununderthesun3209]

Hey i been there lol glad their finally gonna reopen it.

[@InkedDragonAdventuring]

It was I believe a $36 million deal to completely fix it for use for all vehicles, but they're going to spend $4 million now to at least open it for off-road vehicles to have access through. Which makes me happy because I have a Jeep that's getting fixed this week and it's needs to get dirty. It'll be a little while for the trail to reopen, but I'm glad to hear that it is reopening. But when Ducey was in charge I believe he said that if he reopened it it would be paved, so I hope that's not what the other 30 million deal is doing. I don't know if that's enough to widen fish Creek Hill to make it two lanes though or if it would still have to be one, if it was paved. But it looks much better going through the mountains as a dirt road.

[@fununderthesun3209]

@@InkedDragonAdventuring yeah makes no sense about the road closure imo I think there's more to it like the Woodberry fire and other slides exposed some things they may have missed long ago . I believe their to be underground government facilities out there to keep tabs on things as long ago when Roosevelt was prez and they built the dams they also covered up some things just like how there's areas of the Grand canyon that are off limits locked down like area 51. due to the Egyptian things they found there Kinkade cave ECT. Also the timing of Apache lake resort closing up during lotta that window in the beginning is suspect as well play in to it. I was a maintenance tech at Canyon lake always out there and seen lotta infrastructure being put out there as well as some other weird shit prefer not to speak of on here. But yeah A bulldozer could easily push all that stuff over and we're back in business right after it happened but nope. I did a survey of my own a while ago the substrate is solid as you also seen. Just risk of future slides which has always been the case there and part of its history. But that's my opinion on why they dragging their feet. Funny thing last time I was there visiting my old coworkers 3 tour buses of Chinese men 18 to 28 no girls kids or elderly somthin def a miss out there.

[@fununderthesun3209]

Plus almost forgot this sorry for the rant. The road next to the sky bridge on the Roosevelt side ya use to gain access also had a closure was a section of the rock wall that had looked to be intentionally blown up to block access from the east and the only way in was that gated government community sitting on the edge of the lake basically under sky bridge and they were using that old road that came out into the vista area parking lot between the damn and sky bride to bypass the slide so only they could access it and again it looked man made to me. They hiding shit 💯%